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is playing in that, afghanistan. this is all a distraction from a major geopolitical agenda. >> ifill: with all of those things on his plate, though, richard... david cameron. i'm getting everyone's names mixed up tonight. he lives to fight another day? >> yes, i think so. as you said earlier, there were a number of investigations. there's a criminal investigation we will be finding out... there will be a drip feed of e-mails, of reports, of parliamentary select committees and, you know, this will continue to be a bad news story for david cameron. how much worse it get december pends on the contents of some of those e-mails. >> ifill: i guess we have no choice but to watch. richard add dallas, heather conley, thank you both so much. >> brown: next, compelling insurers to cover contraception. the new health care reform law that president obama signed last year not only expands the number of people who get coverage. it also requires the secretary of health and human services to determine which preventive benefits shoul
is playing in that, afghanistan. this is all a distraction from a major geopolitical agenda. >> ifill: with all of those things on his plate, though, richard... david cameron. i'm getting everyone's names mixed up tonight. he lives to fight another day? >> yes, i think so. as you said earlier, there were a number of investigations. there's a criminal investigation we will be finding out... there will be a drip feed of e-mails, of reports, of parliamentary select committees and, you...
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if you take afghanistan as an example, some of the nato countries, european countries limit the mission deliberately. their forces of the same response of the political situation in their own countries and to a certain extent now that's what's happening with the united states. the president is reacting to concerns about another military operation and a third muslim country. >> lehrer: and as a matter of fact, mr. ambassador, the situation-- you agree with those who say there's essentially a stalemate between the rebels and the libyan government, and some people are even saying it could be-- it could lead to a partition that could become permanent if something doesn't happen to change. do you agree with that? >> i do agree with that. i think, jim, this is the great dilemma faced by the united states and europe is that after the initial successes we had, the firepower that we deployed was just not strong enough, led by the europeans, to dislodge qaddafi and to help the rebels. we have to remember, we intervened in a civil war. we essentially intervened on behalf of the rebel alliance, and
if you take afghanistan as an example, some of the nato countries, european countries limit the mission deliberately. their forces of the same response of the political situation in their own countries and to a certain extent now that's what's happening with the united states. the president is reacting to concerns about another military operation and a third muslim country. >> lehrer: and as a matter of fact, mr. ambassador, the situation-- you agree with those who say there's essentially...
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of afghanistan. i have seen war lords who have raped women on the street. we have seen people who have taken our land. we have seen people who have don more damage. >> warner: do any of you know anyone personally who identifies himself as taliban? >> yes. >> warner: and do you think he or they have changed their attitudes about the role of women in society? >> these couple of-- the commanders that i came to know and i know, like they are very, very traditional people. their mentality, they grew up in a home where they didn'tee their own mother, for example, literally. they were trained and brought newspaper camps across the nation where they didn't see the levels of mother, or father of a family so they can be included if in a society as a normal human being so when you take these elements or this background into consideration, you can be hopeful that they're human beings or that they will change. because to be a human being, we're constantly changing. then you have commanders who are very ideaologic
of afghanistan. i have seen war lords who have raped women on the street. we have seen people who have taken our land. we have seen people who have don more damage. >> warner: do any of you know anyone personally who identifies himself as taliban? >> yes. >> warner: and do you think he or they have changed their attitudes about the role of women in society? >> these couple of-- the commanders that i came to know and i know, like they are very, very traditional people....
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violence flared across afghanistan today. four nato troops were killed in bombings in the east and south. and, eleven afghan policemenç died in separate attacks. amid the killings, general david petraeus-- commander of u.s. and nato troops in afghanistan-- handed over his duties. he is leaving to lead the central intelligence agency. his replacement is u.s. marine corps general john allen. >> it is my intention to maintain the momentum of this campaign, this great campaign on which we have embarked. i will continue to support in every way possible, the recruiting, the training, preparation and equipping and the fielding and the employment of the afghaf oational security forces.ç >> sreenivasan: allen's tenure began just a day after taliban insurgents claimed another high- profile assassination. a close aide to afghan president hamid karzai was killed sunday in a gunbattle at his home in kabul. it followed the murder of karzai's half-brother last week. for more on afghanistan we turn to pam constable, who covers south asi
violence flared across afghanistan today. four nato troops were killed in bombings in the east and south. and, eleven afghan policemenç died in separate attacks. amid the killings, general david petraeus-- commander of u.s. and nato troops in afghanistan-- handed over his duties. he is leaving to lead the central intelligence agency. his replacement is u.s. marine corps general john allen. >> it is my intention to maintain the momentum of this campaign, this great campaign on which we...
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forces went into afghanistan, after 9/11. tonight, the president announced his plan for winding down the u.s. role. he spoke in a nationally televised address, from the east room of the white house. here is some of what he said. >> by the time i took office, the war in afghanistan had entered its seventh year. but al-qaeda's leaders had escaped into pakistan and were plotting new attacks. while the taliban had regrouped and gone on the offensive. without a new strategy and decisive action, our military commands warned that we could face a resurge in al-qaeda and the taliban taking over large parts of afghanistan. for this reason, in one of the most difficult decisions i've made as president, i ordered an additional 0,000 american troops into afghanistan. when i announced this surge at west point, we set clear objectives, to refocus on al-qaeda, to reverse the taliban's momentum, and train afghan security forces to defend their own country. i also made it clear that our commitment would not be open-ended, and that we would beg
forces went into afghanistan, after 9/11. tonight, the president announced his plan for winding down the u.s. role. he spoke in a nationally televised address, from the east room of the white house. here is some of what he said. >> by the time i took office, the war in afghanistan had entered its seventh year. but al-qaeda's leaders had escaped into pakistan and were plotting new attacks. while the taliban had regrouped and gone on the offensive. without a new strategy and decisive...
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troops from afghanistan. good evening, i'm judy woodruff. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill on the "newshour" tonight. margaret warner previews the president's speech from the white house and we get analysis from ruth marcus and bill kristol. >> woodruff: then, we examine the obama administration's record on climate change as former vice president al gore criticizes the president's failure to take bold action on global warming. >> ifill: from rhode island, paul solman reports on the risk to retirees and taxpayers alike when billions of dollars from state pension funds are tied up in the stock market. >> we'd be asking people, do you want to pay higher taxes in order to avoid taking the risk in the stock market? i think most people would say no to that. >> woodruff: and we continue our collaboration with "the economist" magazine to highlight the art of filmmaking. tonight, jeffrey brown talks to "my perestroika" director robin hessman about children growing up as the soviet union fell apart. >> for every individual
troops from afghanistan. good evening, i'm judy woodruff. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill on the "newshour" tonight. margaret warner previews the president's speech from the white house and we get analysis from ruth marcus and bill kristol. >> woodruff: then, we examine the obama administration's record on climate change as former vice president al gore criticizes the president's failure to take bold action on global warming. >> ifill: from rhode island, paul solman...
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much of the world's poppy crop used to make heroin is smuggled out of afghanistan. and in helmand province earlier this week, afghan and coalition troops destroyed more than $350 million worth of opium and heroin. filmmakers robert lang and peter findlay traveled to the border between afghanistan and tajikistan where they followed the difficult job of a united nation's drug enforcement agent. here's an excerpt narrated by john ralston. >> this is where you hit rock bottom. when it comeses to opium and the heroine that's made from it, nothing is exactly what it seems. the story begins halfway around the world with a plant that has been both a curse and a blessing. the growing network of smuggling routes out of afghanistan have thwarted efforts to put a lid on the opium trade. >> we focus on high-value targets. >> well, we focus on high-value targets. we focus on the biggest, the baddest, the largest drug- trafficking organizations in afghanistan and in the region. >> the mission for the drug enforcement administrations larry mendoza is two- fold: to keep drugs from r
much of the world's poppy crop used to make heroin is smuggled out of afghanistan. and in helmand province earlier this week, afghan and coalition troops destroyed more than $350 million worth of opium and heroin. filmmakers robert lang and peter findlay traveled to the border between afghanistan and tajikistan where they followed the difficult job of a united nation's drug enforcement agent. here's an excerpt narrated by john ralston. >> this is where you hit rock bottom. when it comeses...
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nato reported today that insurgent attacks in afghanistan have fallen slightly this year. that followed a u.n. finding that violent incidents have risen about 40%. the u.n. numbers included insurgent attacks plus assaults by nato and afghan forces on taliban fighters. also today, a roadside bomb killed three more nato troops in southern afghanistan and an american soldier was killed in northern iraq. it was the first u.s. combat death in iraq since july. rebels in libya have captured the airport at sirte, moammar gadhafi's hometown. at the same time, fighting continued inside the city today. smoke could be seen rising from an apparent nato air strike. and four u.s. senators-- all republicans-- visited tripoli t> meet with the country's newsi rulers.un arizona senator john mccainul pledged support for building azo libyan democracy. >> the work will not be easy. progress will not come evenly or all at once. this is libya's revolution, not ours. you deserve all of the credit for its success and you are responsible for its future.or but all of the citizens of libyf can know th
nato reported today that insurgent attacks in afghanistan have fallen slightly this year. that followed a u.n. finding that violent incidents have risen about 40%. the u.n. numbers included insurgent attacks plus assaults by nato and afghan forces on taliban fighters. also today, a roadside bomb killed three more nato troops in southern afghanistan and an american soldier was killed in northern iraq. it was the first u.s. combat death in iraq since july. rebels in libya have captured the...
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emmanuel riley left the army after returning from afghanistan in 2005. he lives in a housing unit provided by a nonprofit. >> i was a combat engineer. along with that is we can detach landmines, i.e.d.s. >> reporter: so your job involved disarming explosives. >> yes. and i lost some friends that were a part of my unit due to my particular job in the military. that sometimes can define your life after service. >> reporter: like what? >> alcohol abuse, drinking a lot. sometimes nightmares, a lot of those, a lot of nightmares. >> reporter: riley didn't know he had ptsd. he wound up homeless, living in a storage unit. >> divorced, i lost my family, lost quite a bit. >> reporter: now sober and in treatment for his ptsd, riley's looking hard for a job. according to a 2008 rand study, nearly one third of iraq and afghanistan vets had symptoms of ptsd, major depression, or had experienced a traumatic brain injury. debra bain is still haunted by the iraq morgue in which she volunteered. >> when you see certain things in life that makes no sense, you pretty much l
emmanuel riley left the army after returning from afghanistan in 2005. he lives in a housing unit provided by a nonprofit. >> i was a combat engineer. along with that is we can detach landmines, i.e.d.s. >> reporter: so your job involved disarming explosives. >> yes. and i lost some friends that were a part of my unit due to my particular job in the military. that sometimes can define your life after service. >> reporter: like what? >> alcohol abuse, drinking a...
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meanwhile, the nato toll in afghanistan grew by one today. an italian paratrooper was killed in an insurgent attack in the west. so far in july, 44 international troops have been killed in afghanistan. the government of syria endorsed a draft law allowing other political parties to form. the move is part of a series of reforms president bashar al assad and his ruling ba'ath party promised in the face of a popular uprising. but the opposition has dismissed the law as largely symbolic. it came as syrian security forces detained more people in damascus and other cities for holding antigovernment protests. the maid who accused former i.m.f. chief dominique strauss- kahn of sexually assaulting her in a manhattan hotel room broke her silence today. nafissatou diallo told "newsweek," "i want him to go to jail, i want him to know there are some places you cannot use your power." she also told her side of the story in a televised interview with abc news. prosecutors have voiced concerns about her credibility, and are weighing whether to proceed with t
meanwhile, the nato toll in afghanistan grew by one today. an italian paratrooper was killed in an insurgent attack in the west. so far in july, 44 international troops have been killed in afghanistan. the government of syria endorsed a draft law allowing other political parties to form. the move is part of a series of reforms president bashar al assad and his ruling ba'ath party promised in the face of a popular uprising. but the opposition has dismissed the law as largely symbolic. it came as...
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pakistan is the real source of the issues with afghanistan. i think he is refreshing and wants to take a look at all of our commit manys overseas. he's a guy with ideas. i think it's ideas that as you get closer to the top of the heap, you get crimped in by what your pollsters tell you on issues. you don't want to go outside of those margins. gingrich doesn't know any margins. i think he probably colored outside of the margins as a kid. >> ifill: susan page tony perkins of the family research council was quoted as saying under normal circumstances gingrich would have real problems with the social community. >> it's like the three-married gingrich will be the social conservative candidate. it's hard to overstate how important this endorsement by the union leader is for newt gingrich. for one thing, we heard mr. mcquaid talk about the subtlety of the union looder endorsement. subtlety is not what the union leader is known for. we expect to see the union leader hammer home this endorsement for the next six weeks until the voting. i think it also
pakistan is the real source of the issues with afghanistan. i think he is refreshing and wants to take a look at all of our commit manys overseas. he's a guy with ideas. i think it's ideas that as you get closer to the top of the heap, you get crimped in by what your pollsters tell you on issues. you don't want to go outside of those margins. gingrich doesn't know any margins. i think he probably colored outside of the margins as a kid. >> ifill: susan page tony perkins of the family...
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welcome. >> thank you. >> brown: september, 2009, a remote village in afghanistan. set the stage for us. what were u.s. forces doing? >> i had been out there for about a year off and on with this unit, and they were right on the pakistan border, right next to the infamous corngal valley and they were supposed to interdict the al qaeda and taliban troops that were coming into afghanistan from pakistan. and in this small remote village called gangigal, they said can you come in and help us with the mosque? 100 afghan soldiers with their american advisers went in thinking they're going to help them but it was a setup and they ran into a terrific ambush. >> brown: then-corporal meyer-- we refer to him as sergeant but he was a corporal at the time-- he heard the calls for help, for artillery fire, which were refused. >> correct. >> brown: on grounds that, what, it might hurt civilians? >> exactly. they were in the middle of a village, and people up the chain of command chocked, didn't really understand how severe the firing was, and didn't respond and there was an army c
welcome. >> thank you. >> brown: september, 2009, a remote village in afghanistan. set the stage for us. what were u.s. forces doing? >> i had been out there for about a year off and on with this unit, and they were right on the pakistan border, right next to the infamous corngal valley and they were supposed to interdict the al qaeda and taliban troops that were coming into afghanistan from pakistan. and in this small remote village called gangigal, they said can you come in...
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commander in afghanistan reported today that coalition forces have blunted the taliban's drive. general david petraeus went before a senate committee with his first formal assessment since taking command last summer. >> the momentum achieved by the taliban in afghanistan since 2005 has been arsted in much of the country and reversed in a number of important areas. however, while the security progress achieved over the past year is significant, it is also fragile and reversible. >> holman: petraeus said the u.s. remains on track to begin drawing down forces this summer, as conditions permit. republican senator john mccain agreed with the accounts of military success, but he warned against a hurried exit. >> we need to be exceedingly cautious about withdrawal of u.s. forces this july as the president has called for. we should be mindful that perhaps the wisest course of action in july may be to reinvest troops for more secure to less secure parts of afghanistan where additional forces could have a decisive impact. >> holman: meanwhile, a new public opinion poll by the "washington
commander in afghanistan reported today that coalition forces have blunted the taliban's drive. general david petraeus went before a senate committee with his first formal assessment since taking command last summer. >> the momentum achieved by the taliban in afghanistan since 2005 has been arsted in much of the country and reversed in a number of important areas. however, while the security progress achieved over the past year is significant, it is also fragile and reversible. >>...
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and he wants to go to afghanistan. his brother did go to afghanistan. as did his three uncles all served. it really is an admirable tradition for those of privilege and power to do so. and i wish it was something that prevailed on this side of the pond as well. >> i was raised in a culture of think the other shack british so we are big anglo files in my family. not since alyster cook dine add loan have we had so much -- shall drn. >> you watched it on tv, right. >> exactly. so i'm not only, an expert but a believer in the monarchy. i covered british politics a bit. we have getties berg, lincoln, a constitution. british identity is interwof when the royal family, for most britons it is part of their identity, part of what holds the country together. they don't have a constitution. i'm for it you see the joy on the streets. >> lehrer: but what is it about royalty, and particularly british people, that grabs so many people, and so many americans. >> that was a mistake, maybe. >> no, i mean there are a couple of things. first of all this is a widding of rea
and he wants to go to afghanistan. his brother did go to afghanistan. as did his three uncles all served. it really is an admirable tradition for those of privilege and power to do so. and i wish it was something that prevailed on this side of the pond as well. >> i was raised in a culture of think the other shack british so we are big anglo files in my family. not since alyster cook dine add loan have we had so much -- shall drn. >> you watched it on tv, right. >> exactly. so...
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the american death toll in afghanistan grew by six this week. the soldiers were from the same army unit and were killed during fighting in the northeast. rival protests filled the streets of yemen's capital city today. hundreds of thousands of anti- government demonstrators gathered in sanaa. it was the largest protest yet against president ali abdullah saleh. meanwhile, thousands of government supporters held their own rally outside the presidential palace. in an extraordinary move, many mosques were also closed so that people could attend the protests. friday is the muslim day of prayer. thousands of people made calls for freedom in syria today. the anti-government protests outside damascus turned violent when security forces opened fire, killing at least three people. in daraa, marchers gathered after friday prayers to honor more than 70 people killed in the last two weeks. a massive joint recovery effort is underway in japan for the still missing. today, japanese and american ships and helicopters searched the coastline for bodies that might
the american death toll in afghanistan grew by six this week. the soldiers were from the same army unit and were killed during fighting in the northeast. rival protests filled the streets of yemen's capital city today. hundreds of thousands of anti- government demonstrators gathered in sanaa. it was the largest protest yet against president ali abdullah saleh. meanwhile, thousands of government supporters held their own rally outside the presidential palace. in an extraordinary move, many...
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and a decorated veteran of both the afghanistan and iraq wars. and former clinton advisor and democratic pollster douglas schoen. he sits on the group's board of advisors. great to have you both. eliot ackerman do you first. our political parties have been around since the birth of the country practically. we have a stable system of government. why circumvent them? >> what's important to realize is this isn't a third party. this is a second nominating process. the vision here is that in november of 2012 when american voters go to the poll, they'll be... there will be a third ticket that they directly nominated themselves. americans-elect will be holding the first-ever non-partisan on-line nominating convention. any registered voter can be a delegate to that convention. the. >> woodruff: it's not a third party, you're saying, but it's a process that would circumvent the party. what is it about the two political parties that makes you think you can get around them? >> well, if you look at the polls, judy, you see that there are record levels of dis
and a decorated veteran of both the afghanistan and iraq wars. and former clinton advisor and democratic pollster douglas schoen. he sits on the group's board of advisors. great to have you both. eliot ackerman do you first. our political parties have been around since the birth of the country practically. we have a stable system of government. why circumvent them? >> what's important to realize is this isn't a third party. this is a second nominating process. the vision here is that in...